4 Buried Alive After Landslide Strikes Home

4 people have died in a landslide tragedy that struck a home in Elgeyo Marakwet on Friday.

Reports indicated that the victims were a family that was caught unawares by the calamity.

OCPD Vincent Kitili who confirmed the incident, stated that the incident was as a result of the heavy rains that fell in the area.

Kitili remarked that his team and a group of Red Cross officers that responded to the tragedy, retrieved the bodies of Titus Kiptoo, his wife Lorna and their children Jepchirchir and Jelimo who were underneath the debris of the structure that was swept away by the mud.

Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen sent his condolences message over the catastrophe.

“My condolences to the families of Titus Kiptoo and his wife Lorna who together with their children Jepchirchir and Jelimo who unfortunately were killed when their house was swept by a landslide in Tuturung, Marakwet East as a result of the ongoing heavy rains.

“What a tragedy! Pole sana” remarked Murkomen.

My condolences to the families of Titus Kiptoo&his wife Lorna who together with their children Jepchirchir&Jelimo who unfortunately were killed when their house was swept by a landslide in Tuturung,Marakwet East as a result of the ongoing heavy rains.What a tragedy! Pole sana